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Economics

This is a general guide to resources for economics research.

About this guide

Two men attempting get an escaped monkey down from a giant cash registerWelcome! This guide highlights key resources for conducting effective information research in economics, including the following: 

  • Reference sources to find background information on your topic
  • Catalogs and e-book collections to search for books in print and online
  • Databases for locating scholarly journal articles, reviews, and working papers
  • Reliable sources of data and statistics
  • Business/economics news and company profiles
  • Resources for citing your sources and writing in economics
  • Tips to to help keep textbook costs down

If you need assistance identifying additional resources, search terms or strategies, please schedule a research consultation

Image: Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "National Cash Register building - Men trying to get a monkey down from giant cash register" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1935 - 1945. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e66b3e9-18a0-d471-e040-e00a180654d7 

Background information

Consult scholarly reference sources to get an overview of a topic, an introduction to a theory, definitions to discipline-specific terms, and more.